90Patient transfer

90 Patient transfer

90 Patient transfer

(1) A facility must have access to an intensive care (level 1 or level 2) class private health facility or a public hospital to which a patient may be transferred for intensive care in less than 30 minutes.

(2) A facility that is not also licensed as an intensive care (level 1 or level 2) class private health facility must have—

(a) written procedures in place that provide for the transfer of a patient in less than 30 minutes to an intensive care (level 1 or level 2) class private health facility or a public hospital if the patient requires a higher level of care than the facility provides, and

(b) an appropriately equipped vehicle, that is available while rapid opioid detoxification is carried out, to transfer a patient to an intensive care (level 1 or level 2) class private health facility.